A git pre-commit hook to do SVN style $Date$ substitution
Put the following in .git/pre-commit (make sure it’s executable):
git diff --cached --name-only > commits_list
And the following in .git/post-commit:
#!/bin/bash if [ -f commits_list ] then currentdate=`date` cat commits_list | while read F do echo $PWD/$F filebase=`basename $F` sed -i -e 's/\$Date[^$]*\$/\$Date '"$currentdate"'\$/' $PWD/$F sed -i -e 's/\$Filename[^$]*\$/\$Filename '"$filebase"'\$/' $PWD/$F git add $PWD/$F done rm commits_list git commit --amend --no-verify -C HEAD fi
Still not extensively tested…